Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Music Is Love
2. Cowboy Movie
3. Tamalpais High (At About 3)
4. Laughing
5. What Are Their Names
6. Traction In The Rain
7. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
8. Orleans
9. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
10. Kids And Dogs

Disc 2:

1. Music Is Love
2. Cowboy Movie
3. Tamalpais High (At About 3)
4. Laughing
5. What Are Their Names
6. Traction In The Rain
7. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
8. Orleans
9. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
10. Kids And Dogs
11. Music Is Love
12. Cowboy Movie
13. Tamalpais High (At About 3)
14. Laughing
15. What Are Their Names
16. Traction In The Rain
17. Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)
18. Orleans
19. I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here
20. Kids And Dogs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34377 in Music
• Released on: 2006-12-11
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: CD+DVD, Colour, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Thanks to his much-publicised personal travails, it's easy to overlook the multiple talents that originally made Crosby a star in his days with The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash. This, his first solo effort, was recorded in 1971 (following Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Deja Vu) and contains some of his most impressive vocal and songwriting work, including the haunting "Laughing", the mantra-like "Music Is Love" and the extended, impressionistic "Cowboy Movie". With guest appearances by such famous friends as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick and Jerry Garcia, it's a fascinating chapter in an always-interesting career that's all too often been overshadowed by headlines. --Scott Schinder

CD Description
For his highly anticipated 1971 solo debut, David Crosby recorded a unique, eclectic, and willfully expansive album. The cream of early-70s California rock is assembled here, withthe various celebrities joining together in an organic, collective approach that's embodied in the opener, the free-spirited jam of "Music Is Love". Throughout the record, Crosby moves from the sauntering Western shuffle of "Cowboy Movie" to the wondrously spiritual harmonies of "Tamalpais High (AtAbout 3)" and, eventually, the hallowed chants of "I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here".
Musically the album has an exploratory, almost jazzy feel, with its bright production cloaking the listener in acoustic strains and lush, layered harmonies. These qualities perfectly evoke the relaxed, hazy California lifestyle of the time. For all its dreaminess though, IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER MY NAME rarely missteps, and thehaunting melancholy of songs like "Laughing" and "Orleans" give the record a depth and durability that surpasses other recordings of the time. The result is an excellent, highly underrated album.

Customer Reviews

Buy it again
I reviewed this a good while ago (still there - see the older version of the disc) and I stand by everything I said then about this marvellous rag-bag of an album except for three things:-
1. Jerry Garcia apparently played both lead parts on Cowboy movie - Crosby says so and he was there (well,sort of)
2. Stills wasn't on it at all of course &
3. Richard Williams worked for the Grauniad and not the Times.
But the point of this is to say that however many previous versions of this you may have, do buy this one. The HDCD re-mastering provides staggering levels of resolution, detail and feel that I wouldn't have thought possible. Listening to this on a really good system is about as good as it gets. Anybody know why the pictures of Jorma Kaukonen and Grace Slick have been changed in the new booklet by the way?

Peter Loosley

Lovely-Jubbly
At 28 I'm too young to remember the Haight, hippies and all. However it does make me wonder where all that talent went. This is a beautiful album of mood, atmosphere, and hippy polemic, but above all tunes which won't get out of your head. If only people still spent time actually making records instead of poncing about on TV.

If Only David Crosby had kept away from drugs
Virtually ignored on its release 30 odd years ago, and now widely recognised as one of the very best solo releases from the CSNY wagon.
Joined by a host of guests, Crosby is at his innovative best - he never reached these peaks again but at least he and his voice are still with us.
An essential purchase, this expanded version serves to highlight this lost masterpiece.